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WWW . D A . T U L S A C O U N T Y . O R G
V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 3 P A G E 1
INSIDE:
Case Convictions 2-3
DUI Crash 4
Ignition Interlocks 5
Gang Prosecution 6
Meth Cooks 7
School Safety 8
In Pursuit of Justice
V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 3 S U M M E R 2 0 0 9
T I M H A R R I S
T U L S A C O U N T Y
D I S T R I C T A T T O R N E Y
􀁈􄠠
The dead
cannot cry out
for justice.
It is a duty
of the living
to do so for them.
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
􀁈􄠠
RAYMOND JOHNSON didn’t
testify at his June trial for
murdering 24-year-old
BROOKE WHITAKER and her 7-
month-old daughter KYA. But the
jury watched as he described the
horrific details of the murders on a
videotaped confession to Tulsa
Police Detective Vic Regalado.
The Tulsa County jury convicted
JOHNSON of two counts of FIRST-DEGREE
MURDER and sentenced
him to two DEATH sentences for
the June 23, 2007 MURDERS and
LIFE for FIRST-DEGREE ARSON.
Johnson described how he brutally
beat his ex-girlfriend Brooke, ad-mitting
he struck her in the head
repeatedly with a hammer, and
ignored her pleas to call 911. He
said he told her, "What for? So I
can go to jail?"
Johnson said Brooke asked if he
was going to let her die, and he
told her, "You deserve to die."
He said she begged him to call her
mother to come get the baby, but
he refused. He blamed her for
starting a fight, explaining she
“pushed his buttons.”
Johnson said he doused Whitaker
and the house with gasoline, lit a
towel on fire and threw it on
Brooke. Johnson claimed he did
not intend to hurt the baby, though
he left the infant in the burning
house. Fire investigators testified
that the child’s diaper was soaked
with gasoline and the fire started
where the baby’s body was found
on the living room floor.
A medical examiner said Brooke
died from blunt trauma to the
head and smoke inhalation. The
baby was likely engulfed in flames
and died because of the effects of
heat and fire, he said. Brooke was
breathing while a fire was in pro-gress,
and inhaled smoke, he said.
She was alive when firefighters
arrived at the home, but died
before she reached a hospital.
Prosecutors alleged four
"aggravating circumstances" justi-fied
the death penalty; that John-son
has a previous manslaughter
conviction, that he knowingly
created a great risk of death to
more than one person, that he
constitutes a continuing threat to
society, and that the murders
were "especially heinous, atro-cious
or cruel," involving "mental
and/or physical torture."
First Assistant District Attorney
Doug Drummond told the jury
that “Brooke had to watch Kya
burn. If that's not heinous, atro-cious
and cruel, I don't know
what is."
Johnson pleaded guilty in 1996 to
first-degree manslaughter in the
shooting death of Clarence Oliver
in Cleveland County and was
sentenced to 20 years in prison.
He served nine years and was
released in 2005.
After Johnson’s conviction,
Brooke’s aunt, Amy Pennington,
told the jury, "Raymond Johnson
took away our immediate fam-ily's
health, innocence and secu-rity.
Raymond Johnson took so
much away from our family, but
he will never be able to take
away the love we have for
Brooke and Kya," she said.
Prosecutors were Assistant DAs
Doug Drummond, Julie Doss
and Bill Musseman.
Kya and her siblings, who
were staying with relatives
the night the baby and
mother were murdered.
Jury Orders Two Death Sentences For
Murders of Mother and Infant Daughter
Brooke Whitaker, 24, and
her daughter, Kya were
murdered in June 2007.

WWW . D A . T U L S A C O U N T Y . O R G
V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 3 P A G E 1
INSIDE:
Case Convictions 2-3
DUI Crash 4
Ignition Interlocks 5
Gang Prosecution 6
Meth Cooks 7
School Safety 8
In Pursuit of Justice
V O L U M E 2 , I S S U E 3 S U M M E R 2 0 0 9
T I M H A R R I S
T U L S A C O U N T Y
D I S T R I C T A T T O R N E Y
􀁈􄠠
The dead
cannot cry out
for justice.
It is a duty
of the living
to do so for them.
~ Lois McMaster Bujold
􀁈􄠠
RAYMOND JOHNSON didn’t
testify at his June trial for
murdering 24-year-old
BROOKE WHITAKER and her 7-
month-old daughter KYA. But the
jury watched as he described the
horrific details of the murders on a
videotaped confession to Tulsa
Police Detective Vic Regalado.
The Tulsa County jury convicted
JOHNSON of two counts of FIRST-DEGREE
MURDER and sentenced
him to two DEATH sentences for
the June 23, 2007 MURDERS and
LIFE for FIRST-DEGREE ARSON.
Johnson described how he brutally
beat his ex-girlfriend Brooke, ad-mitting
he struck her in the head
repeatedly with a hammer, and
ignored her pleas to call 911. He
said he told her, "What for? So I
can go to jail?"
Johnson said Brooke asked if he
was going to let her die, and he
told her, "You deserve to die."
He said she begged him to call her
mother to come get the baby, but
he refused. He blamed her for
starting a fight, explaining she
“pushed his buttons.”
Johnson said he doused Whitaker
and the house with gasoline, lit a
towel on fire and threw it on
Brooke. Johnson claimed he did
not intend to hurt the baby, though
he left the infant in the burning
house. Fire investigators testified
that the child’s diaper was soaked
with gasoline and the fire started
where the baby’s body was found
on the living room floor.
A medical examiner said Brooke
died from blunt trauma to the
head and smoke inhalation. The
baby was likely engulfed in flames
and died because of the effects of
heat and fire, he said. Brooke was
breathing while a fire was in pro-gress,
and inhaled smoke, he said.
She was alive when firefighters
arrived at the home, but died
before she reached a hospital.
Prosecutors alleged four
"aggravating circumstances" justi-fied
the death penalty; that John-son
has a previous manslaughter
conviction, that he knowingly
created a great risk of death to
more than one person, that he
constitutes a continuing threat to
society, and that the murders
were "especially heinous, atro-cious
or cruel," involving "mental
and/or physical torture."
First Assistant District Attorney
Doug Drummond told the jury
that “Brooke had to watch Kya
burn. If that's not heinous, atro-cious
and cruel, I don't know
what is."
Johnson pleaded guilty in 1996 to
first-degree manslaughter in the
shooting death of Clarence Oliver
in Cleveland County and was
sentenced to 20 years in prison.
He served nine years and was
released in 2005.
After Johnson’s conviction,
Brooke’s aunt, Amy Pennington,
told the jury, "Raymond Johnson
took away our immediate fam-ily's
health, innocence and secu-rity.
Raymond Johnson took so
much away from our family, but
he will never be able to take
away the love we have for
Brooke and Kya," she said.
Prosecutors were Assistant DAs
Doug Drummond, Julie Doss
and Bill Musseman.
Kya and her siblings, who
were staying with relatives
the night the baby and
mother were murdered.
Jury Orders Two Death Sentences For
Murders of Mother and Infant Daughter
Brooke Whitaker, 24, and
her daughter, Kya were
murdered in June 2007.